Almost 6 million people have been urged to evacuate across the US states of Florida and Georgia, as Hurricane Irma strengthens back into a category 5 storm threatening the lives of anyone left in its path as it heads towards the states.
Hundreds of thousands of Florida residents are fleeing as Hurricane Irma draws nearer, but what happens when it's your job to go in? North America correspondent Conor Duffy went into Miami to cover the storm.
The National Party has expressed its "total dissatisfaction" with Australia Post's delivery and service standards in regional communities, just days before the Government-owned business starts mailing out same-sex marriage survey forms.
Foreign ship builders are being told they do not need to partner with local companies to bid for projects under the Australian Government's $90 billion naval shipbuilding plan.
Banning the burka could damage Australia's trade relations with Islamic countries, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce warns, as Nationals MP George Christensen gears up to debate banning the Islamic garb in Parliament buildings and Government offices.
A 20-metre-high portrait of a toddler is erected over the US-Mexico border wall in the same week President Donald Trump announced he would wind back a program protecting young people who were brought into the US illegally as children.
The Victorian Government will give emergency funding to more than 100 asylum seekers after a Federal Government welfare crackdown on a group who were transported to Australia for medical treatment.
At least 61 people are dead after Mexico is hit by its most powerful earthquake since 1932, which toppled buildings and sent people fleeing into the streets in the middle of the night.
The Sydney Swans face off against Essendon in an elimination final, before Port Adelaide puts it on the line against the West Coast Eagles. Follow all the action in our live AFL Finals ScoreCentre.
Melbourne Storm skipper Cameron Smith plays his 356th game as the premiership favourites take on Parramatta at AAMI Park. Keep up to date with our NRL ScoreCentre.
More than six years after being destroyed in the deadly earthquake that struck Christchurch, the Anglican Church in New Zealand decides to rebuild the city's iconic cathedral.
Messages of sadness and support flood social media following the death of Connie Johnson, who along with Logie award winning brother Samuel raised millions to help in the search for a cancer cure.
Rafael Nadal reaches his third major final of 2017 after beating Juan Martin del Potro to advance to the US Open men's decider where he will meet Kevin Anderson.
Larry the Lobster, one of Australia's "big" attractions, has failed to draw a bid at auction — but its owners remain confident the colossal crustacean, which comes with a roadside restaurant in Kingston in South Australia, won't go unsold for long.
Sydney's poos are anything but on the nose for farmers in NSW, who have been using about 180,000 tonnes of human biosolids to boost production on their properties.
A dire humanitarian situation is unfolding inside overcrowded Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh after the number fleeing violence in Myanmar reaches more than 270,000.
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